Wild fruits ingested by pupils sent to Kemri for analysis

51 pupils were taken ill on Tuesday afternoon after eating wild fruits picked from a tree within the school compound in Athi River. [File, Standard]

Samples of the wild fruits ingested by 51 pupils of Kanaani Integrated Primary School in Athi River, and which are believed to have been poisonous have been dispatched to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) for analysis.

This comes even as seven out of the eight pupils who were admitted to Athi River Level 4 Hospital were discharged from the facility on Wednesday.